1983 World Junior Curling Championships
Host city	Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Dates	March 13–19
Men's winner	Canada (2nd title)
Curling club	Mississaugua G&CC
Skip	John Base
Third	Bruce Webster
Second	Dave McAnerney
Lead	Jim Donahoe
Coach	Rick Base
Finalist	Norway (Pål Trulsen)
« 1982 1984 »

The 1983 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 13 to 19 at the Medicine Hat Arena in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.^[1] The tournament only consisted of a men's event.

Teams

Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Coach	Curling club
Canada	John Base	Bruce Webster	Dave McAnerney	Jim Donahoe	Rick Base
Denmark	Jack Kjaerulf	Lasse Lavrsen	Henrik Jakobsen	Bo Frank		Hvidovre CC
France	Dominique Dupont-Roc	Patrick Philippe	Christian Dupont-Roc	Thierry Mercier
West Germany	Christoph Möckel	Uwe Saile	Jürgen Kiesel	Andreas Sailer		CC Schwenningen
Italy	Dennis Ghezze	Massimo Constantini	Paolo Bocus	Umberto Vacondio
Norway	Pål Trulsen	Flemming Davanger	Stig-Arne Gunnestad	Kjell Berg	Bo Bakke
Scotland	Mike Hay	David Hay	David Smith	Russell Keiller
Sweden	Sören Grahn	Niclas Järund	Henrik Holmberg	Anders Svennerstedt		Karlstads CK
Switzerland	Raoul Perren	Donat Perren	Diego Perren	Peto Biner
United States	Al Edwards	Mark Larson	Kenny Mickelson	Dana Westemeier

Round robin

Place	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Wins	Losses
1	Canada	*	6:2	2:5	7:4	6:5	7:6	5:7	15:3	6:4	8:5	7	2
2	Norway	2:6	*	4:5	7:4	7:6	6:2	6:3	5:4	8:6	11:3	7	2
3	United States	5:2	5:4	*	5:4	7:8	5:4	6:4	6:4	3:6	10:3	6	3
4	Scotland	4:7	4:7	4:5	*	6:7	10:6	3:5	6:5	7:2	13:4	5	4
4	Denmark	5:6	6:7	8:7	7:6	*	6:4	5:4	2:8	2:7	8:3	5	4
6	Switzerland	6:7	2:6	4:5	6:10	4:6	*	5:2	5:2	4:3	9:3	4	5
7	Sweden	7:5	3:6	4:6	5:3	4:5	2:5	*	6:4	5:6	12:3	4	5
8	Germany	3:15	4:5	4:6	5:6	8:2	2:5	4:6	*	7:4	7:4	3	6
9	France	4:6	6:8	6:3	2:7	7:2	3:4	6:5	4:7	*	1:9	3	6
10	Italy	5:8	3:11	3:10	4:13	3:8	3:9	3:12	4:7	9:1	*	1	8

  Teams to playoffs

  Teams to tiebreaker

Tiebreaker

Team	Final
Scotland	4
Denmark	3

Playoffs

	Semifinal					Gold Medal Game
	1	Canada	7
	4	Scotland	5
						1	Canada	7
						3	Norway	2
	2	Norway	6
	3	United States	4			Bronze medal game
						4	Scotland	6
						3	United States	4

Final standings

Place	Team	Games played	Wins	Losses
	Canada	11	9	2
	Norway	11	8	3
	Scotland	12	7	5
4	United States	11	6	5
5	Denmark	10	5	5
6	Switzerland	9	4	5
7	Sweden	9	4	5
8	Germany	9	3	6
9	France	9	3	6
10	Italy	9	1	8

Awards

• WJCC Sportsmanship Award: Mike Hay

All-Star Team:

• Skip: John Base
• Third: Niclas Järund
• Second: Stig-Arne Gunnestad
• Lead: Dana Westemeier